California's newest union: 45,000 childcare workers to be represented in contract talks BY MATT KRIS
Tens of thousands of California childcare providers are now eligible to join a union following a vote to create a bargaining unit that will represent them in negotiations over pay and working conditions.
A panel of California labor leaders announced the vote on Monday, marking an end to one of the nation’s largest labor campaigns in the past two decades.
According to the announcement, 97% of voters supported the effort to join a union. Cheers and claps followed soon after — a 17-year push that required a new state law.
“Today we will begin the formal fight for the dignity and the respect we deserve,” said Miren Algorri, a longtime day care worker from Chula Vista, in the livestream.
Licensed child care workers are responsible for the state’s early care and education programs and help families participate in the workforce. Research from UC Berkeley suggests that more than half of providers rely on some kind of government assistance to get by.
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